Syncthing - Automatic Phone Backup to Your Computer
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- We will install the Syncthing App on an Android device, a Linux computer and Windows. And I'll show you how this will automatically backup your phone photos to one or more computer computers. This solution does not require any cloud access though it will work over the Internet.
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Thank you for all the work you do in the fight of privacy!
I am convinced that anyone using cloud services (especially Google!) to preserve personal information will take the mark of the beast.
You're creepy and you know it..
Hell yeah my man Rob back at it again with very useful FOSS. I appreciate you so much for what you do for the tech/privacy community.
I've been meaning to install Synchting for a long time, this was a lot easier than I expected.
Thank you so much for doing a Linux example as well. Your content is amazing, thank you for putting it out there.
the location services also includes seeing the SSID of wifi networks which it needs to know when you are in your home network because the location permission seems to Bundle up Bluetooth LE beacons, Wifi SSID and strength information alongside your location
Mahalo for the app suggestion. My Android and iPhone use wires to transfer their stuff to my computer; it never even occurred to me seek a wireless solution like Sychthing. Mahalo again!
Teaching videos are some of your best videos. I wish you would do more of those. For example how to co figure router for maximum security and privacy or best privacy addons for a browser
I check all the time this tutorial when install syncthing on a new phone, very useful, thank you Rob!
Thank you, All other tutorials didn't work. They were also 2 years out of date.
Subbed and Bell notification-ed.
Wonderful solution! I have been looking for such thing for a while. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, I was looking for a way to get my pictures moved. This is very helpful!
I've been running Syncthing for a long time now. I was experiencing a few file permission errors but I was able to fix it.
Thank You Rob!! I've been waiting for exactly this...Bravo & Cheerz!!
Another great video for privacy with a surprisingly small number of views.
Finally the Easier to Understand of how to use Syncthing
although you seems to be a little sceptical to popular service like iCloud or Drive,but the explanation of Syncthing is good
you speak very friendly, I love your style :)
Maybe a bit faster, but that's my teenager opinion. Is good that you provide a case scenario (the icloud/google privacy concerns) as a pretext for the video, which makes it more personally. :)
really appreciate this tutorial, i needed this to backup my photos
Since Android 8.1, WiFi network can only be identified when location info access is granted, SyncThing app states.
It is needed when one wants it to work only when connected to specific WiFi networks.
Excellent Rob, much appreciated.
Thank you. I was looking for something like this to make life a bit easier.
Thank you😄, pls show how to backup calendar and contacts next as they don't have a folder that can be synced
Amazing app and demonstration too! Thank you Sir Rob
ive been an it since the longest time and u saved me on these. i need this! thank u ! subbed !
Amazing app. It'snow couple of days I'm using it and alteady love it. Thanks a lot, cheers!
Hi Rob. I've been using Syncthing for a bit now and love it, but ran into issues on the Android side with file permissions. Couldn't create a folder that was allowed access by both Syncthing and Joplin. The workaround I've been using is to install an older version of Joplin that doesn't enforce the current Android storage restrictions, and then never let it update. Not exactly optimal. Do you know of any better method?
Rob, could you please do a video sharing your opinions on Cloud PW Managers such as Lastpass, Bitwarden and 1Password?
I've had an error trying to start up Syncthing on 2 different Windows PCs now.
If you install Synctrayzor and get an error at startup that says something in the log at the bottom about config version (36) is newer than supported version (35) then it's easy to fix.
Open file explorer and go to:
C:\Users\(your user)\AppData\Local\Syncthing)
Open the config.xml file and change 36 on the first line back to 35, save and exit and you should be good to go.
thanks, I have had synching downloaded, when I was looking for a FOSS alternative to Google drive, but never actually used it.
Fantastic solution. One thing, forgive me if I missed it. Is this a two way sync? For example... It syncs with my phone to my computer. Then, I delete some pictures sent from my phone from the folder in my computer. On the next sync, will it also erase them from my phone?
Does this work to backup contacts and device settings as well? One of my biggest concerns about having a de-googled phone is I have no idea how to have it automatically back itself up and not use the cloud. I understand that seems to be the point of the video, but I'd like to know what syncthing's limits are if any in terms of being able to backup a degoogled phone.
Thanks for this video Rob, i will use this app for sure!
I just plug my phone into the usb on my computer and copy the DCIM over to the computer's backup drive. I have my options set where images and videos are stored locally and not on the cloud. I avoid the "cloud" like a plague.
Yeah, I was kind of surprised when he suggested an app. I do the same thing you do, no cloud/app necessary.
It would be much easier using the sync app to
a. do it regularly
b. not need to remember or check which is the last picture you copied over
c. have more than one backup
d. delete unneeded pictures after some time in one place and have them deleted everywhere
e. just not think about it, which is actually most important if you are my grandma.
@@gimlam5909 Lol, good points!
@@gimlam5909 fastcpoy (Windows program) defaults to only copying different time/date files and can be easily setup to copy/delete files at the destination to look like the source for a folder and its subfolders using what it calls 'sync' for a transfer method; does not modify the source as that term normally implies though no one gave the author a better title for that feature (he speaks only a little English). If you want to track several unrelated folders in one step then you likely want a batch file instead of its built in jobs. Doing it automatically is what syncthing and similar offer over a manual program to copy files.
@@officialnotesonlifepodcast But Syncthing isn't a cloud. it's a tool to transfer files between ONLY your devices, there is no centralized server like google drive or something. it's only between your devices and is fully encrypted. And it syncs automatically... Trust me if one of your devices breaks and you backed up a month ago or two months ago, there might be things in it from the past 2 months that you didn't back up and you'll feel bad.
This work to send the media to a shield tv pro with a external hard drive attached to it?
Syncthing is present in Linux repositories and as snap and probably flatpaks .
You don't need to install it via the CLI
Thanks. As always ,, good info that I will share with my customers
Any idea how to get photos and videos from camera on ios (iphone/ipad)?
I've got syncthing on my android phone with my macos and it's working great.
Have found a suggestion to temp use apple icloud so phone backs up, then manually downloading from icloud to a suncthing folder, but wanted something automated.
does this copies meta data also like when photo was taken and all those ?
If I just leave the default port ip, meaning that I can only access the GUI from my computer (not from any computer on the Network), should I still configure a username and a Password?
This video brought me success installing Syncthing on Linux Mint. The key component I was previously missing which prevented my success was Syncthing GTX. Thank you!!!
Now that I have been using Syncthing a couple days I grow frustrated with its incredibly slow speed. It makes USB 1.0 look like a race care next to a tricycle. By reference, to backup 250 GB data from my iPhone to my 2012 Mac Mini takes just over an hour via a USB2 Lightning cable. A similar size backup from my Google Pixel 6 Pro phone to my 2022 Linux laptop over my home wifi 6 network might literally take one to two weeks. This is not unworkable to backup & sync a huge music library and many camera videos.
Has anybody found a faster backup solution, preferably something involving USB-C speeds?
Thanks Rob. Great advice.
Thank you!
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I will try this on Linux docker thanks
Respect for your work
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Can you do a video on Obsidian Sync based on your videos it makes me wonder if syncing your data to their database is safe. However, I also wonder if it's safer to sync it through them instead of Apple iCloud?
thanks a lot for demonstrating! you are my hero, Sir! :)
Excellent tutorial. Thanks
Great solution for Google Photos alternative.
Can you also back-up all your SMS (text messages) with this program as well? ❔
I used to be able to backup my text messages (in HTML format) with a program called Syncios, but my newer model android phone, does not work with Syncios anymore, and I have been having trouble finding any free program that can back-up my SMS. ☹
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Rob,
Have you looked into Resilio Sync? It's pretty close to Syncthing, but without the centralized server.
I have mine set up without the use of a relay server, no tracker server, and you can tell it to use predefined hosts (your internal IP) from within your network using port 26131.
You can also have it use a relay server if needed, but I find that you rarely need to use one unless you are trying to sync via the internet.
I have mine set up to where let's say 3 of 5 peers are predefined with internal IPs only, and only 1 pair (like my phone, and then one computer at home) need to be reaching out to the internet. My internal peers grab the new files from the internet-reaching peer.
This used to be called Btsync or Bittorrent Sync until they renamed it to Resilio Sync, which by the name suggests uses bittorrent protocols that are decentralized by nature.
As someone who switched from Resillio Sync to Syncthing, it by default also using a centralizes server and hard-coded by Resillio Inc. The discovery and relay servers of Syncthing, on the other hand, are community maintained and configurable. The setup you did(LAN-only peer sync) can also be done in Syncthing as well.
Rob, do you have a solution for text-to-speech on the phones you sell?
Great bid
Another open source option.....Stingle Photos
Any idea how this compares to nextcloud for features and experience? I'm new to Android and found that first. Figuring Syncthing was more about file copying than being a personally hosted cloud (=making the 'someone elses computer into my computer) option. I figured difference is some things don't like to present themselves as files such as contacts and calendar though if I use OpenContacts and don't use calendar I guess bets there are off too for how I think.
I"ve been using Syncthing for many years and it's great! The way I use it: I sync my Camera folder to my Synology. I also sync my Music folder between my Desktop, Laptop and Android Phone. And I created a folder called PhoneSync, which I use to move files to and from my phone. Anything I put in that folder syncs across all my devices.
great video!
So if you set up your friends and family with decent storage, you could make multiple backups in multiple locations for more security in case of hardware failure, theft or destruction of a PC.
Yes. In fact in this example, the photos are duplicated on two different computers
But the App cant replace e Backup Software, if you cancel a folder or file the shared folder it will be deleted in all devices and it delete also the edited versions of files. Yeah, it cannot be used like a backup software.
Been using syncthing since years
What happens if I then delete the pictures from my phone?
Man I love syncthing so much
This is great! Thanks
This is very useful .. thanks ...
The problem with automatic is that every device running Syncthing will be using network to check for updates all time, keep downloading and uploading in the background all the time doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
Thank you. This was the only service holding me back from switching to privacy.
Thanks uncle it help
I've been using ResilioSync for this purpose for a few years.
Two things put me off SyncThing:
1) the persistent commandline window
2) inability to select mobile data use on a share-by-share basis - it's either all or nothing
thank you so much sir
its helpful, thanks
If I don't enable location permission it doesn't find my wi-fi. So should I turn it on? Also, can't find user name and password.
Sorry one last question. First of all thanks for this help it is working great! If I want to just stop this app from running and only enable it when I want to sync, how do I do that ,what do I have to turn off? Thnx 😅
thanks sir
3:33 why would you not edit the download out? To get the content above 10 minutes? ...
Otherwise great video
Is have an iPhone (got Windows and macOS PCs) ; Does that mean that I won't be able to use this solution?
It doesn't support iPhone so you can only use it to sync between your Mac and PC
thanks
I don't see how this is a backup. It is a sync. If you delete photo(s) on either your phone or your laptop , the photo(s) will be deleted on the other device. That is not a backup. It is even less than a backup than google photos is. At least in google photos your photos are retained for a month if they are deleted.
Google will retain every photo you upload to its servers even if you delete them from your account.
You can make it a one way sync
Greetings, can I delete some of the apps on my iPhone 📱 like Game Center, wallet, etc....
Only if you charge it in the microwave, I'm afraid.
P.S. Don't be offended, it's just high time to be a bit more radical with efforts to get rid of spyware.
The good news is that as an iPhone user you can legitimately sit on your backside and do nothing - because unless you get rid of it, nothing you can do on it will improve your privacy.
Greetings again. I use my i 📱 8 to watch channels like this one. I talk on it, maybe 1-2 times a week, text. I’ve used maps maybe 2-3 times a year. I don’t have sync this to that. I don’t look up somethings on duck duck go, that’s probably just as bad as google 🤷🏻♀️ I do Not use it for banking, ordering food, no fakebook etc. I might go on TruthSocial every other week, if that. I hardly ever plug it into a outlet. I have several different characters. I actually have settings telling me I have 3 upgrades because I never update it. Oh and I do not talk to my phone! Most of the time I have double tape on the camera. If I take pictures I put them on a usb. When sleeping or traveling by car, I turn it off and it’s put away in a special wrapping that I made. Thank you so much for your responses. I hope you have a blessed day. 🙏😇
@@UDarlin67 It doesn't matter how much you do or do not use some things on your iPhone, or how many little pictures you paint around your comment to make it seem all "fluffy and nice".
It's an iPhone, your privacy is zucked. You sold your soul to Apple.
❤👦🌍
Thank you sir
You say it’s a service, but that devices connect directly. Which is it? Or is there a service that does the initial connection only? Thank you
The community service is to establish connection only. Connections are made only between devices and you can password lock that as well. There is nothing to fear in the connection. Live streaming uses the same technology (TURN servers)
thankyou sooo much sir , just one thing sir will these images, videos occupy space on phone as well or will remain on the cloud ?
they stay on the phone until you delete them on the phone
@@robbraxmantech but sir if i delete them on phone they get deleted on cloud as well
Thank you! Can this be used to share music between devices?
Yes, absolutely
Ooh that's gold!!!
Is there a way to get it to work on a NAS? Thanks
Yes. Your computer can save to any storage it has access to including NAS.
I despise cloud! 😡
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Worth mentioning the word "cloud" was on the list of "flagged" watch words that came out in the press. 😉
"linux journal" was reconsidered "extremist content" in that same release! 😂
Whaat whatt, tell me about this, please?!
You dont want any cloud storage? Like no IDrive?
no! 😡
Since it's your own phone and computer wouldn't it be simpler and safer to just transfer by wire?
It's encrypted by TLS. It doesn't matter how it is transferred
This is automatic
Simpler for those who are not adept at setting up something like Syncthing but not for people who are because once it's set up, it does it all automatically and syncs to multiple places if you want.
What method do you recommend, as most secure, to buy something on internet, knowing that you need a verification code from your bank for the transaction? Also, how do you check your balance for your account, without going personally to the bank?
2FA from a bank is just fine. The dangerous abusers of 2FA are Google and Facebook.
@@robbraxmantech So, for this, I need two phones: one normal android or iPhone for banking and second, brax phone for everything else? Thank you.
BraX2 should work for banking. But if you have an old phone, leave it in reserve for apps that may not work on a de-Googled phone
@@robbraxmantech BraX2 should work, probably because it has IMEI !? I don’t know how this things work, but if they register the IMEI, when banking, the phone isn’t then personally identifiable, when using it “privately” for other things? Isn’t better the approach with 2 phones?
@@danmano478 All mobile phones have an IMEI. They require an IMEI number (or 2 IMEI numbers if it's a dual SIM mobile phone) in order to make phone calls & send SMS's using the SIM card's mobile phone network. Without the phone having an IMEI, the SIM card will not be able to connect to the mobile phone network. Each SIM card slot has its own IMEI (in the case of a dual SIM phone like the Brax2 phone).
So it really does not matter which phone you use for 2FA. Your on-line mobile phone account record with your mobile phone provider will often show the IMEI of the mobile phone you used to make the last phone call using their SIM card. If you take the SIM card out of one phone & put it into a different mobile phone & then make a phone call from that new phone, the IMEI number in the phone company's records will then change. The SIM card links to the IMEI number when a phone call is made or an SMS is sent (so it can connect to the phone network) & that information is then automatically held in the phone company's records.
Although the IMEI's of the Brax2 phones currently being sold are not "registered" -most other mobile phones on the market do have registered IMEI's, & it's somewhat unusual for a mobile phone to have an unregistered IMEI. Rob Braxman did indicate in one of his earlier videos about the Brax2 phone, that not registering the IMEI's of the Brax2 phones was probably a mistake & something that was overlooked, saying that the IMEI's of the Brax2 phones should have been registered.
The IMEI's are usually registered in bulk, quoting the "range" of the IMEI's (the "from" & "to" numbers) for the particular make & model of the phone that is being produced/manufactured, together with the specifications for that particular phone. Having a registered IMEI will enable most mobile phone carriers to readily identify the make & model of phone that is being used with their SIM card, & helps them to know whether that particular phone will work successfully with their network, based on the phone's particular recorded/registered specifications. It also helps the phone carriers to assign the correct "settings" for the phone in terms APN's etc - so the phone will work with their network.
If the IMEI is not registered, the phone carrier/SIM card provider may not be able to know what make/model of phone is being used with their network & therefore may not be able to correctly determine if the phone should work with their network, & may also not be able to provide the correct settings for the phone - as each make/model of phone may require slightly different settings, based on the phone's own specifications.
The fact that the Brax2 phones' IMEI's are not registered already seems to have caused a few problems for some phone users (especially in the USA) with some mobile phone companies, while some other users have not experienced any problems at all, connecting their Brax2 phones to their mobile phone network.
This is one of the reasons why Rob Braxman has said that the next lot of Brax2 phones to be produced (in July), will have registered IMEI's. Originally he advised that as the IMEI's could not be registered retrospectively, the current lot of Brax2 phones will continue to have unregistered IMEI's - however he did just recently mention on his web site/app that he is currently investigating a way to get the IMEI's of the present Brax2 phones registered retrospectively.
Because of the unregistered IMEI's for the present Brax2 phones, when some people have had problems getting the phone to work with their SIM card/phone carrier, they have been told by their phone company that their phone is being detected as a "Z10" make/model of phone based on the IMEI number, & are therefore being told that the Z10 phone is not suitable for use on their network.
Then, the Brax2 users have had to explain to their phone company that it is not a Z10 phone, but a new make/model of phone called a Brax2. They have also often had to provide the phone company with all the specifications for the Brax2 phone, to see if the phone company can determine whether their service is compatible with the Brax2 phone.
So, a mobile phone not having a "registered" IMEI can cause problems for some phone users - & it would probably make things much easier for most users, if the IMEI's of the Brax2 phones were registered at the outset. For privacy purposes, it makes little difference whether the IMEI's are registered or not.
everyone started using cloud services and thus... the fappening came to be!
in all seriousness... would you consider using cloud services with encryption to store offsite backups?
Can Google legally "read" our files that we upload to their cloud? Facial recognition would require them actually accessing our files and getting info from them.
They already do it and state so.
@@robbraxmantech Google claims the cloud storage content is securely encrypted using AES256
@@hikerJohn If you sent it over to them unencrypted then they've received it unencrypted. So they had the opportunity to run any scripts they want before encrypting it themselves + when it's decrypted for you to view or download it, it's being decrypted again on their servers' side.
@@gimlam5909 They can but they are giving the impression that it is safe and secure from prying eyes which is what's needed for a law suit to force them to make it perfectly clear whether or not THEY are prying into our content. I'm talking about cloud storage only (google drive) not other services they provide.
Please. Make sense. If they're offering a free service then it is paid with your data. Google docs. Google Drive. Google photos. They've publicly said they scan the Google photos. You think your gmail is not read either?
Cannot locate syncthing in the Apple store.
There is no IOS support
@@robbraxmantech ahhh Mac support but no IOS. Thanks
Buenos tardes felis dia
9:10 how to add devices
No cloud. Local storage and backup that belongs TO ME.
Can’t you just download all your stuff on a portable / removable hard drive
Making your own Cloud
If you're one person, you can do manual backups. But nothing beats unattended automatic backups. Nothing to remember. Set it up once and forget. And very important when you have family devices, not just your own.
Syncthing asks for Location permissons because of how Android handles wifi and mobile network access for apps.
Unfortunately, in order for apps to determine if the phone is connected to wifi for example, it needs the location permission.
Windows and Linux support. and it's free!. Awesome! Thanks!. You earn youself a sub!
Why trust a 3rd party app to handle your personal data when you can backup files yourself with a simple wired transfer?
This is an open source app and your devices talk directly to each other and it is automatic. You do not have to teach your family to do anything. You do not have to tether in any way. It is set and forget.
You're not trusting an app, this isn't a cloud based centralized service. Think of it as an wireless wire exclusively between your devices and nowhere else. in a sense
What do you recommend for backups? Looking at --
Duplicati
Duplicacy
Urbackup
Kopia
ArqBackup - no Linux
FreeFileSync - for synchronization
SyncThing - for remote synchronization
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Thank you!
Thank you!